Poland vs Sweden: Safe drinking water

Safe drinking water in 2022: 88.9% in Poland and 99.7% in Sweden, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Sweden, by 10.8 percentage points, or 1.12 times that in Poland.

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% of people · WHO/UNICEF

PolandSwedenWorld

What the numbers say

Sweden has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2005.
The world as a whole: 72.9% in 2022.

Every year

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

Year	Poland	Sweden	World
2022	88.9	99.7	72.9
2021	88.9	99.7	72.5
2020	89.6	99.7	72.3
2019	90.3	99.7	71.7
2018	90.7	99.7	71
2017	91	99.7	70.4
2016	91.4	99.7	69.7
2015	91.7	99.6	69.1
2014	92	99.6	68.4
2013	92.4	99.6	67.7
2012	92.7	99.6	67.1
2011	93	99.6	66.4
2010	93.2	99.5	65.9
2009	93.5	99.5	65.4
2008	93.1	99.5	64.9
2007	92.7	99.5	64.6
2006	92.3	99.5	64
2005	92	99.5	63.7
2004	–	99.4	63
2003	–	99.4	62.4
2002	–	99.4	61.8
2001	–	99.4	61.1
2000	–	99.4	60.8

Each country on its own

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The share of people whose drinking water comes from an improved source at home, there when needed and free of contamination.
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme, via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 135 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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Poland vs Sweden: Safe drinking water

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